Korean Air War, by Robert Dorr and Warren Thompson

Korean Air War, by Robert Dorr and Warren Thompson
Motorbooks, 2003
Oversize (Trade): 187 glossy pages, Acknowledgmwents, Bibliography, index. B&W and color photos scattered throughout.


Description
Korean Air War is an important chronicle of the air battles over Korea that is sure to thrill Korean War veterans, action readers, modelers, and air war historians. Part narrative history and part oral hyistory, this book presents a serious, blow-by-blow account of allied air operations from 1950 to 1953, peppered with dramatic, real life combat stories told by American, Australian, British and South African cobat pilots who were there. It is also a stunning pictorial record with 150 color and 50 black-and white photos of the planes, the pilots and crews, the nose art and markings, the bases and aircraft carriers, most of which are from the personal photo archives of Korean War veterans. Discover the history of air operations over Korea during one of the last century's most important military conflicts in Korean Air War.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: 1950
Chapter 2: 1951
Chapter 3: 1952
Chapter 4: 1953
Appendices:
Acknoledgments
Bibliography
Index

Mustangs Over Korea, by David R. McLaren

Mustangs Over Korea: The North American F-51 at War 1950-1953, by David R. McLaren
Schiffer Publishing, 1999
Oversize, 166 pages, appendices, glossary, bibliography, no index. The whole book is chock full of photos

Description
Mustangs Over Korea is a documentary history of one of the most famous fighters ever built during a historically almost unrecognized war. Flown by four air forces in support of the United Nations, the F-51 Mustang dropped more napalm and fired more rockets than any other aircraft during that conflict, and in the process suffered the highest number of losses.

TOld is the story of the bravery of the fighter-bomber pilots in the serious air-to-mud war against horrendous anti-aircraft fire, and aslo the first swirling air battles againt the vaunted MiG-15.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Korea: The Country Nobody Ever Heard Of
2. The Opponents: The North Korean Air Force
3. The Republic of Korea's Air Force
4. 77 Squadron - Royal Air Force
5. The 8th Fighter Bomber Wing
6. The 35th Fighter Interceptor Wing
7. 18th Fighter Bomber Wing
8. 2 SQuadron - South African Air Force
9. The 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Epilogue
Appendices
1. Confirmed Mustang Pilot Losses in the Korean Conflict
2. Australian Mustangs in the Korean conflict
3. USAF Mustangs in the Korean conflict
4. Enemy aircraft destroyed by Mustang Pilots
5. Key to Korean place name endings and 5-51 Air Bases
Glossary
Bibliography


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